brown dwarf

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Substellar object that emits light but does not sustain hydrogen fusion

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David KippingStarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson · Rogue Planets & Exomoons with David Kipping · 3:08 · 1 Sep
…And what's interesting about this object is it's a brown dwarf that orbits a M dwarf star and a…
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Kevin HoyNature Podcast · What counts as a moon? Huge ‘exosatellite’ sparks debate · 1:42 · 22 Jul
…star.…
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Nick Petrich-HowellNature Podcast · What counts as a moon? Huge ‘exosatellite’ sparks debate · 1:19 · 22 Jul
…In this case, our moon-adjacent object is orbiting something else, a brown dwarf, a massive object that you can think of as kind of a failed star, as it does produce some light, but hasn't quite reached the levels of fusion you see in stars.…
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